Gun-barrel cleaner.



G. G. MILLER.

GUN BARREL CLEANER.

APPLLGATION FILED 'EB.8, 1912.

1,041,839. Patented v(m2215912.

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marcan erlesene rarnn'r onirica GEORGE GUY MILLER, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 VON l BRACHT, OF READING', PENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GUY MILLER, citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gun-Barrel Cleaners, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

The object in the present invention is to provide a cleaner of simple construction, one that is durable and one in which gun and ritle barrels of varied bores may be i cleaned.

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The invention consists of a piece of sheet metal, preferably sheet steel, cut into the desired shape, as that of the drawing, and bent to form substantially a U-shaped body, the extremities of which are set at right angles and provided with cleaner blade engaging means, While the center of the device is provided with a swivel for engagement with the cleaner rod.l In addition to this plate thereV are a pair of removable and adjustable cleaner blades secured to the right angled ends of the plate.

By my present construction, the cleaner may be used indefinitely, it being only necessary to change the bl des when they are worn out.

'The inventionis more fully described in the following specification and clearly illus-g trated in ythe accompanying drawing, in which:- l

Figure l is a plan view of the plate as it is blanked, before bending and Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cleaner complete, with t-he blades in and attached to the cleaner rod. Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the removable blades and Fig. G shows a modied forni 0f blade,-

intended for u e in a barrel formed with a ritid bore.

The numeralI l designates the blank from which the device is made. This'is formed with a central perforation 2 and a slight enlargement 3 at each end' and these enlargements are each perforated to receive a screw.

The numeral 4 designates a swivel, which isy placed in the central perforation 2 of the blank` before itis bent, and this swivel has ay Shrew-.threaded end to receive the endofv 'a cleaner rod 5.' .lifter the swivel is in posi- Specicationof Letters Patent.' Application ledebruary Serial No. 676,359'.

tion, the blank l is bent to form a substantial U-shaped'body, its vertical walls 6 being set at any desired curve or angle, so that when pressed toward each other they will tend to open again when released. The up. per extremities of the walls, that is the enlargements 3, are set at right angles to the vertical walls, being bent outwardly, and on the same plane. To the top surfaces of these right angled ends, I secure a pair of barrel cleaning blades 8, each of which-.is formed with an elongated slot 9 through which a screw l0 passes and holds them in position on the parts 43, in which engagement they readily be removed for sharpening or replacfing. These blades may, if desired, as for instance in the case of a'rilie formed with a rified bore, be formed with a series of peripheral projections ll so that in passing through the rifle bore the entire surface will be cleaned.

It is evident that with my device, secured to theend of a cleaning rod and havingthe swivel connection, the mere act of moving the rod into and out of the barrel will thoroughly clean its inner surface, the swivel permitting the cleaner to adjust itself to any irregularities in the barrel. It is also evident that by means of the adjustable Vblades I may adjust the device for cleaning barrels of different sizes, or for tubes of any kind other than gun barrels. It is also evident that the blades when dulled may be readily removed and sharpened.

TVhile the body portion of the device is preferably of spring steel, the blades may be of any hard substance,either hardened and tempered steel or some equally serviceable substance.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters .Patent is l. In a gun barrel cleaner, a resilient body portion of substantially U-shape, and having its ends bent at right angles-there; to, a swivel secured to the center of the body for engagement with cleaner rod, and a Patented oceaa'ieia.

pair of adjustable cleaner blades removably vsecured to the right angled ends and lying on the same plane.

2.- In'a gun barrel cleaner, a resilient body--y formed of a sheet of metal bent 'to U-shape, In testimon whereof I aix my signature che ends of which are set at right angles in presence o two Witnesses.

thereto a swivel located at the base of the r U-shaped body for engaging a cleaner rod, GEGRGE GUX MILLER 5 and a pair of blades removably and adjust- Witnesses:

ably secured to the right angled ends of the SAML. R. SMYTH, body portion. JAMES G. MOORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of yaents,

. Washington, 2D. G. 

